Level 3 in Performing & Production Arts (Acting)

Huntingdonshire Regional College

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In Huntingdon

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    Course

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    Huntingdon

The Level 3 Diploma in Performing & Production Arts is designed to provide students with the knowledge, skills and understanding necessary to access and progress to L3 Extended Diploma or possible degree level study or employment in the Performing Arts.

Course length 1 Year
It comprises of 8 units. 1-7 formatively assessed to a pass level. Unit 8 is summatively assessed to Pass/Merit/Distinction and denotes the overall grade for the Diploma. In order to progress to the Level 3 Extended Diploma you need to achieve an overall Pass (minimum) grade for the Level 3 Diploma.

Year 1: Skills Building
• Broad experiences for the acting profession: combat theatre, stage craft and professional practice.
• A practical and theoretical introduction to the traditions and skills of acting, where learning to work as a member of a company in rehearsal, participating in the performance of shows is central to this Study Programme.
• Professional practice is supported by, guest speaker workshops, international trips, and visits.  
• Work collaboratively with peers and industry professionals to present your work to showcase work to live audience.  
• A critical / theoretical studies programme is taught throughout the programme and is continually reviewed via professional tutorials and online portfolios and blogs; with an emphasis on industry ready skills and self-promotion.
• The study programme has its own theatre in education acting company providing in-house performances.
• Great facilities. A dedicated and fully functional performance space with theatre lighting and sound system
• Structured and self-directed project management and independent study around self-promotion based within a dedicated Apple Mac, PC suites

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Location

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Huntingdon (Cambridgeshire )
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California Road, PE29 1BL

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Subjects

  • Production
  • Project Management
  • Industry
  • Project
  • Theatre
  • Acting
  • IT Project Management

Course programme

Employability skills and industry experience e.g. team working, self-promotion and survival skills, curating and analysing health and safety issues for site specific art/design work, project management, listening skills, adaptability and flexibility via live assignments, collaborative projects and entrepreneurial activity. Portfolio preparation for UCAS application and higher education interviews or Stage Schools

• apprenticeships within the wider commercial/ creative based industries and supported through Cambridge Regional College
• employment e.g. theatre related work in the form of a creative assistant e.g. front of house, box office, assistant director or paid performance work

You should be at least 16 years of age. A minimum of 4 GCSEs at grades 9 - 4 (A* - C) including English or Maths and one of which must be in an art, design, music or media related subject or Level, 2 BTEC Diploma, First Diploma, UAL L2 Diploma in Production and Performing Arts.

Welcome Event/Interview.

• to show at the Welcome Event an interest in the Performing Arts Industry and take part in a demonstration of your performance skills in an audition.

In addition to the entry qualifications listed, the offer of a place on the course is subject to the outcomes of initial assessment, which will be taken at the College as part of the admissions process. Please note that entry criteria may vary quite significantly between courses at the same level. This is to take account of the specific skills needed for success on particular courses, the length of the course and the requirements for progression to the next level. Entry criteria are given as a guide, and the exact requirements in order to obtain a place on a particular course will be confirmed following attendance at a Welcome Event/Interview.

We want you to achieve to the very best of your ability at CRC. To make this happen we offer both learning and personal support by specialist staff tailored to meet your specific needs.

Course work is continually assessed by a range of differentiated methods. Professional tutorial, self-assessment, peer review and panel reviews. A Formative assessment is recorded at the end of each term. Summative assessment is applied to your Final / Self-Initiated Project Proposal this is graded as Pass, Merit, Distinction, the final project grade is the overall value of the qualification
There is regular one to one tutorial provision.

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